The result leaves ENTO just a single point behind second-placed Goytre United and seven points adrift of leader Barry Town – but with the comfort barrier of a massive four games in hand.

A closely-contested first half ended all-square at 1-1 before ENTO magnificently pulled away after the interval with four superb goals.

But it was Caldicot Town who shook the hosts with the opening goal on 35 minutes after a defensive mix-up let in the visitor’s striker.

The goal came against the run of play as ENTO were dominating possession but could not conjure anything incisive.

Anthony Taylor and Geraint Passmore linked well down the right flank and John Phillips looked increasingly dangerous down the right.

But the Caldicot defence dealt admirably with every cross.

Yet with half-time fast approaching, ENTO drew level when Phillips escaped his marker and guided his header into the net.

And ENTO started the second half in a similar way to how they ended the first.

Within moments of the restart Danny Street played in Phillips again whose cross found Richard Ryan.

He controlled well before smashing into the roof of the net.

Shortly after, the ever-impressive Phillips was sent clear again, turned his defender inside out in the area and fired home to make it 3-1.

In the closing stages man-of-the-match John Phillips was withdrawn for striker Mattie Davies.

And within minutes the super-sub did it again – when a Caldicot defender’s clearance cannoned off him and into the net for a somewhat fortuitous fourth goal.

But the best was yet to come.

With five minutes left, Davies hit an absolute screamer into the top corner to finalise the scoring and send out a warning message to all the other promotion hopefuls.

ENTO Aberaman 0Goytre United 2

AMID perfect football conditions, ENTO Aberaman could not quite find the performance or the result in this crucial top-of-the-table encounter.

The first half-hour was an even contest, with no real opportunities for either side.

But the game was about to change when a clash of heads saw Geraint Passmore leave the field to be replaced by Grant Thomas.

And ENTO manager David Morgan had to further reshuffle his pack when captain Mike Jones pulled up with a hamstring injury and left the field for Rob Blatchford.

ENTO lost a bit of fluency as a result of the changes and Goytre began to dominate the centre of the park – but still there was no breakthrough.

The second half saw Goytre continue to look increasingly dangerous from counter attacks.

Robbie Walters’s pace had frequently caused problems, and a mistake in the ENTO defence was punished when he jinked in and out before coolly slotting past Collins to put the visitors ahead just before the hour-mark.

David Morgan introduced striker Mattie Davies for Jason Cowan in the closing stages as ENTO chased the game.

But man-of-the-match Walters once again exploited the gaps in the ENTO defence with a decisive second goal with minutes remaining.